唔啱

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
simp. and trad. (唔啱)		唔	啱

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ ngaam¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): m² ngam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ ngaam¹
    • Yale: m̀h ngāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ ngaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ ŋaːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: m² ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /m̩¹¹ ŋam⁴⁴/

Adjective

唔啱

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) wrong; incorrect; amiss

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錯, 差
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	錯
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	錯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Guilin	錯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	差
	Yangzhou	錯
	Hefei	錯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	錯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

Conjunction

唔啱

1. (Cantonese) how about (you and I, we); shall (you and I, we); let's
   • 1952, 唐龍, directed by 潘炳權, 契爺艷史 [Foster-Daddy's Romantic Affairs]‎^[1], spoken by 梁劍雲 (羅劍郎):

     唔啱坐喺度大家傾下咧！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔啱坐喺度大家倾下咧！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     m⁴ ngaam¹ co⁵ hai² dou⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ king¹ haa⁵ le³! [Jyutping]

     Shall we sit here and chat a bit?

Synonyms

• 要不 (yàobù), 要不然 (yàobùrán), 不如 (bùrú)